Firearms manufacturing company
Ares Incorporated |
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Arms industry |
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| Founded | 1971 |
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| Headquarters | 818 Front St.
Lake Erie Business Park,Port Clinton, Ohio ,United States |
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| Products | Autocannons, turrets, firearms, autoloaders, barrels, ammunition |
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Ares Incorporated is an American weapons manufacturer and firearms engineering company co-founded by the American weapons inventor and developerEugene Stoner in 1971. The company is based inPort Clinton, Ohio, and produces fire control systems, turret systems, small arms, automatic cannons and industrial machinery. Mr. Stoner left the company in 1989, joiningKnight's Armament Company in 1990, where his designs included theStoner 96, a further refinement of the Ares LMG/Stoner 63.
Ares has a history of innovative weapon systems, weapons, and accessories including:
- 1973–1978: Ares FARC (FutureAssaultRifleConcept)
- 1974–1984: 35mm Eagle Air Defense System, 35mmautocannon, 35mm CVAST Turret System
- 1975–1988: 75mmXM274 Medium Caliber anti-armorautomatic cannon and the XM21 Loader
- 1980–1982: 90mm Medium Caliber anti-armorautomatic cannons
- 1985–1986:Ares FMG (FoldingMachineGun, designed by Francis Warin)
- 1984–1988: .50 caliber PCTA (PlasticCasedTelescopedAmmunition), 33% lighter than M33 cartridge
- 1984–1987: 20mm CTA 6-barrelGatling Gun
- 1985–1989: .50 caliber TAMG (TelescopedAmmunitionMachineGun, 40% lighter than the M2 HBMG
- 1985–1988: Innovative Recoil Mechanism, real time recoil control measuring recoil position and velocity
- 1985–1998: The Automatic Loader and 9-round Carousel Magazine for the AGSAdvancedGunSystem
- 1986–1993: Ares LMG (LightMachineGun, aka the “Stoner 86”, a refined version of theStoner 63)
- 1986–1989: AIWS (AdvancedIndividualWeaponSystem)
- 1986–1994: 45mm XM295 COMVAT (COMbatVehiclesArmamentTechnology)automatic cannon and autoloader using CT ammunition developed by Orbital-ATK
- 1987–1990: .50 caliber TARG (TelescopedAmmunitionRevolverGun a lightweight gun for aircraft applications
- 1997–1999: The automatic loader and 8-round carousel magazine for theStryker 105 mm MGS
- 1997–2003: The recoil mechanism for the Stryker 105 mm MGS
- 2003–present: Sole source supplier for new and refurbished recoil mechanisms for the Stryker 105mm MGS
- 2001–2003: Validated the US Army Benet Laboratories' RAVEN (RArefaction WaVE Gun) concept with the 35mm Demonstrator and the Ares designed and manufactured firing mount
- 2004–2011: LSAT (LightweightSmallArms Technologies), in cooperation withAAI Corporation) that included, 5.56mm CT Spiral 1 ammunition design, 5.56 mm LMG weapon action, 5.56 mm carbine
- 2006–2013: Test and refinement of US Army Benet Laboratories' 105mm RAVEN Demonstrator and the Ares designed and manufactured firing mount
- 2008–2013: Designed, manufactured, and tested the Medium caliber 45mm RAVEN Demonstrator and firing mount
- 2005–present: 7.62mm EPG (ExternallyPoweredGun) designed by Gene Stoner in the early 1970s; updated and developed for today's remote weapon stations
- 2007–present: Developing manufacturing technology to rifle barrels with an explosively bonded Tantalum-Tungsten liner
- 2014–present: Design the intermediate caliber CT carbine
- Small, medium, and large caliber Mann barrels and launchers
- Complete firing test range encompassing over 650 acres
- Interior and exterior ballistic instrumentation
- Indoor and outdoor firing ranges
- Small arms to 155mm artillery weapons
- Gun barrel design and manufacturing
- Experimental and one-of-a-kind gun barrels
- Weapon Systems, weapons, and component design and manufacturing
- Laser bore measuring medium caliber gun barrels
